Africa: Becoming French Set to Get Harder for Immigrants

As part of an overhaul of France's citizenship test to address concerns over social cohesion, the government is proposing a tough new French language competency exam. Critics say it will restrict access to elites.

"Becoming French is demanding," that's how French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe summed up the government's reason for making the language test more difficult.

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